Goat and Sheep Housing Flashcards
1
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Production Systems in Goat & Sheep Housing
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- TETHERING
- EXTENSIVE PRODUCTION
- INTENSIVE PRODUCTION
2
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Widely used method of goat raising in Asia and in the Philippines
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TETHERING
3
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- Goats are tied each to a rope 6-10m long
- The animal is transferred once or twice a day everyday where they can have free access to fresh forage
- Very little or no concentrates, salt or mineral licks provided
- Helps in controlling intestinal worm infection
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TETHERING
4
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Disadvantage of Tethering
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You have to monitor the animal to prevent crop damage
5
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- Goats are usually kept in herd of 5-10 animals
- The herd is allowed to browse/graze on natural vegetation and hedges
- The ability of goats to return on their own in the afternoon helps ease management
- Cutting the leaves of ipil-ipil, cassava, kamachile, jackfruit and hibiscus/gumamela for feeding the goats
- Stall feeding is also practiced, rice straw and cut grass are provided and served in the shelter
- No forage conservation or ensiling is practiced
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ESTENSIVE PRODUCTION
6
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- Complete confinement of the animals is being deployed
- The farmer has to cultivate forage
- Employs the cut-and-carry method
- The forage is mixed with grasses, legumes and tree leaves
- Supplementing of concentrates would depend on the kind of forage available
- In the Philippines, molasses is added since rice straws are abundant
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INTENSIVE PRODUCTION
7
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Country where goats are allowed to graze on vegetable plots after harvest to rid of the field of vegetable rejects or the stubbles between rice harvest
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PHILIPPINES
8
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Advantages of Intensive Production
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- EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF CROP RESIDUES
- EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF PARASITE
- MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT SINCE THE ANIMALS ARE CONTROLLED
9
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Essentials in Goat Housing
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- FLOORING
- FEEDING & WATER TROUGH
- PENS & PARTITIONS
- ROOFING
- ISOLATION & QUARANTINE AREA
- LOAFING AREA
- FENCING
